Mike McCready‘s mother taught art for nearly three decades, and she instilled in him a great love of painting and sculpture. But even though he liked art, the omnipresence of works by Monet, Van Gogh and Warhol intimidated him when it came to making his own visual art. McCready would …
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A cover of the Oscar-winning “Shallow,” a powerful anthem by one half of Sugarland and an uplifting message song by a nameless, faceless collective of Nashville artists help make up the tracks you need to hear this week. Jimmie Allen & Abbey Anderson, “Shallow” A Star Is Born‘s show-stealing power …
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From the opening lines of her 2016 debut, Julia Jacklin showed a knack for translating everyday memories into young-adult revelations. “You were taller than my bedroom door frame,” she sang. “Hit me hard when I found height don’t make a man, no.” On the Australian singer-songwriter’s second album, Crushing, those …
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z won the 2019 Brit Award for Best International Group on Wednesday. Though the Carters were not present in person to accept their award, they recorded a clever acceptance speech in a video that paid tribute to Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, the American wife who is married …
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For the vast majority of her time on Earth, Thalía has navigated the public gaze with ease and grace. The former child prodigy first garnered global fame in the Eighties as a vocalist inTimbiriche, a teen pop supergroup that also produced internationally acclaimed stars likePaulina Rubio. In the following decade, …
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Gary Clark Jr. has released a black-and-white music video for his latest single “What About Us,”which features on the guitarist’s forthcoming politically charged albumThis Land. The video for the trackwas directed bySavanah Leaf and showcases a group of people living and spending time in a trailer park: a black father …
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Nashville singer-guitarist Will Kimbrough has announced plans to release his new album I Like It Down Here on April 19th, his first solo LP since 2014’s Sideshow Love. Today, the Americana Award-winning performer is previewing the release with a pair of new songs: the haunting “Alabama (for Michael Donald),” which …
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Caroline Spence offers her vision of supportive partnership acting as a balm in difficult times with her new song “Sit Here and Love Me.” The track appears on Spence’s upcoming Mint Condition album. Over gentle acoustic guitar that’s later joined by some echoing, sustained piano chords, Spence sings from the …
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Guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela announced a short U.S. tour for this spring. The 12-date trek will begin May 4th at Melody Theater in Austin, where the duo will perform a set for Austin City Limits Live. The guitarists will then make their way up the East Coast, capping off …
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“People say I’m the life of the party just because I say a joke or two,” Smokey Robinson sang when the 2019 Grammy Awards came back from commercials, as he and Alica Keys duetted on his “Tracks of My Tears.” Motown founder Berry Gordy smiled from ear to ear and …
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